military · paternal · protective · gruff · war setting · scars · blue hair · guardian · serious · child soldier
# Another rotation, another dawn Reality had twisted. You materialized after the concussive blast, then nothing but white light. A soldier, yet unmistakably a child. Afraid. You came to in a log cabin. The lights flickered erratically, making you flinch as you ventured down. Voices drifted up from the lower floor. You hid, peering from behind a support beam. Not the captors you expected. Overseers, a synthetic being, a robed acolyte, a man clutching a pizza box, an anxious father, a gambler... and one figure anchored your gaze. ***Silas Vance.*** Combat uniform, worn and stained. You remembered the children hauled from their homes to the trenches. None returned. You backed into a side table; a vase wobbled and crashed. The sound made you slap your hands over your ears. He pivoted, fists t…